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CENTURY
OF
SERVICE PAGE 8
15 November, 2012
Local, Loyal and Loving it!
FREE
FLYING INTO
THE RECORD
BOOKS
PAGE 4
The Haast-Hollyford road link
– mooted for more than 130
years – is back on the agenda
with an upbeat Westland District
Property Ltd, which says it has
found funding for the $220 million
project and is drafting resource
consent applications.
The property company
presentation, released to the
Hokitika Guardian on Friday, sets
out the latest developments on
the proposal.
Chairman Durham Havill said the
property company had signed a
memorandum of understanding,
conditionally committed by design,
build, finance and maintenance
partners, which included the
offshore funding to build the road.
“There is no financial risk to
Government,” he said.
“There is no financial input
or financial risk to Westland
district ratepayers. With a sound
construction price and overseas
investment the project only
requires Government support to
start the process.”
The presentation sets out the
price of the road and bridge
construction as $220 million. It
would also cost $5 million just to
obtain the resource consents.
Mr Havill, a former Westland
Mayor, said the proposed toll road
would complete the “missing link”
in the South Island loop.
“It is exciting and will do more
for Westland and Southland
economies than the Haast Road
did when it opened in 1965.
“This is not just a road, it’s the
completion of an exciting new
tourism product – ‘The South
Island Loop’ – for operators to
promote to the five-day Chinese,
Indian and Indonesian markets.”
The idea of a Haast-Hollyford road
has been circulating since the
1860s. This latest proposal is for a
direct inland route, not the earlier
proposed coastal route.
Mr Havill said the design, build
and financial proposal was for 30
years and then the road would
revert to Westland. Westland
would retain a share in the project
from its opening date. From year
five, profits from Westland’s share
would help meet infrastructure
costs brought on by increased
tourist numbers, he said.
“By year 31 we expect an amount
will be injected into the Westland
economy each year that will place
Westland in the strongest financial
position of any council in New
Zealand.”
The presentation said 1500
construction and associated jobs
would be created in Southland and
Westland. The road would reduce
travelling time and distance
between Haast and Milford Sound.
“It is more cost effective and has
less environmental impact than
the coastal route. It offers an
alternative route when the great
Alpine Fault adjusts.”
Mr Havill said the next step was
to start discussion with investors
who were either infrastructure
focused or had a Westland and
Southland interest, with the aim
of bringing them in as strategic
Westland partners. That would
then allow the resource consent
process to begin in earnest, Mr
Havill said.
“The Hollyford-Haast road will be
‘the road’ to the last best place
and every person in Westland will
benefit.”
The property company took over
the project from the Westland
District Council last year.
It plans to hold a public meeting in
Te Anau in the next few weeks to
explain its plans.
Haast link resurrected
By Rebekah Fraser, Hokitika Guardian
A faulty cylinder has delayed the
expected arrival in Te Anau of the
restored DC3 en route to New
Zealand following legendary Kiwi
aviator Jean Batten’s flight path
from England.
The plane landed at Hervey Bay,
Australia, on Monday but the
decision was made not to cross
the Tasman because the engineer
on board was concerned that two
cylinders were not functioning
correctly.
The plane’s owner Mark
Oremland, who also owns the Te
Anau Lodge and hopes to base
the DC3 in Fiordland for scenic
flights and charters, said they had
brought two spare cylinders with
them – one front and one back –
but both of those needing repair
were front cylinders which meant
one had to be sent to Brisbane for
repair.
“The chances of us getting across
(the Tasman Sea) safely was
probably about 95 percent but you
just can’t take that risk,” he said.
He was philosophical about the
hold-up as these were to be
expected when flying a vintage
aircraft halfway across the world.
•Continued on Page18
DC3 arrival in Te Anau delayed
The vintage DC3 aircraft en route from England to New Zealand, following Jean
Batten’s record-breaking flight path, has reached Australia but is now unlikely
to reach Te Anau before Monday.
PHOTO: www.DC3-antipodes.com
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